What types of activities can you use to get better aquainted with your students? If you have any other ideas, feel free to add them! Games/Icebreakers
Bingo
M&Ms/ toliet paper
2 truths and a lie
Survey/Questionairre
Develop questions that asks students basic information about themselves, their interests, hobbies, likes and dislikes, contact information.
Have them fill them out privately either at home or during class at the beginning of the school year.
Sample questions-
1. Name, address, email, phone number
2. Do you participate in any extracurricular activities through the school or outside of school?
3. What do you like to do on the weekends?
4. What is your favorite/least favorite subjects?
5. What topics to you want to learn about this year in science?
6. What science topics interest you?
7. Where would you like to travel?
8. What do you want to be when you grow up?
9. What is your favorite food?
10. What type of music do you like/favorite tv show?
Scavenger Hunt
As a new teachers, you can use a scavenger hunt as a tool to get to know your surroundings (colleagues, students, etc.)
You can have students participate in a scavenger hunt to get to know their peers and teachers better.
Learning Style Inventory
Discovering the learning styles of all of your students will allow you to make their learning more personalized. Examples of Inventories:
Auditory/Visual/Tactile Learners: http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm
What types of activities can you use to get better aquainted with your students? If you have any other ideas, feel free to add them!
Games/Icebreakers
Bingo
M&Ms/ toliet paper
2 truths and a lie
Survey/Questionairre
Develop questions that asks students basic information about themselves, their interests, hobbies, likes and dislikes, contact information.
Have them fill them out privately either at home or during class at the beginning of the school year.
Sample questions-
1. Name, address, email, phone number
2. Do you participate in any extracurricular activities through the school or outside of school?
3. What do you like to do on the weekends?
4. What is your favorite/least favorite subjects?
5. What topics to you want to learn about this year in science?
6. What science topics interest you?
7. Where would you like to travel?
8. What do you want to be when you grow up?
9. What is your favorite food?
10. What type of music do you like/favorite tv show?
Scavenger Hunt
As a new teachers, you can use a scavenger hunt as a tool to get to know your surroundings (colleagues, students, etc.)
You can have students participate in a scavenger hunt to get to know their peers and teachers better.
Learning Style Inventory
Discovering the learning styles of all of your students will allow you to make their learning more personalized.
Examples of Inventories:
Auditory/Visual/Tactile Learners: http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm
Personality Tests